I’ve been getting tons of ‘wrong number’ spam texts, and I don’t hate it?
by Andrew J. Hawkins from The Verge - All Posts on (#6114Z)
Photo by Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge The text that arrived at 3:51PM on Monday, March 28th, seemed innocent at first.
Mr. Steven," it read, I am very sorry, after our communication and understanding during this period of time, I feel that we are not suitable in some ways."
That's odd, I thought, must be a wrong number. But who was this mysterious Mr. Steven? What was the nature of the disagreement? What the heck did Mr. Steven do to offend this person? I was intrigued - but not enough to respond.
Several weeks later, I received another text, this time from someone named Amy" asking about a location for coffee." A couple days after that, Irene from Vietnam" reached out to ask if I was still living in New York. And then Sophia" texted, calling me Laura" and asking...